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Major Advisers

Overview

When they declare, English majors are assigned an adviser from the full-time faculty in the English Department. (This holds for students declaring double and combined majors as well.)

Note that not every major adviser may be accepting new advisees; spots with each major adviser are limited.

Obtaining a Major Adviser

Rio Santisteban will assign you a major adviser when you declare your major. If you would like to have a specific professor as your major adviser, Rio will let you know whether that professor has availability. If you would prefer to simply be assigned a major adviser, Rio will assign you a major adviser based on your academic interests and professor availability.

Should your adviser go on leave, you will be reassigned to another professor. This will be determined on the basis of professor availability.

Changing Your Major Adviser

You may change your major adviser at any time.

  1. Obtain a Change of Major/Adviser Form (not a Major Declaration Form).
  2. Fill out as much of the form as you can and then email the form to Rio Santisteban. If you have a specific professor in mind for your new adviser, Rio will let you know whether that professor has availability. If not, Rio will assign you a new adviser based on your your academic interests and professor availability.
  3. Rio will obtain Associate Chair Patricia Denison's signature on the form. Rio will then forward the completed form to the Office of the Registrar, cc'ing you.
  4. Please note that Rio will not send the form to the Office of the Registrar and will instead return it to you if you are also using this form to add or change a second major and still need to obtain the other department chair's signature. In this situation, you yourself will be responsible for getting the missing signature and submitting the form to the Office of the Registrar. You must give the completed form (with all required signatures) to the Office of the Registrar in order to complete the change of adviser process.

List of Major Advisers

Note that not every major adviser may be accepting new advisees; spots with each major adviser are limited.